This Plus-Size Blogger's Bikini Photo Received Hundreds of Abusive Comments

Earlier this summer, plus-size blogger Callie Thorpe earned a round of applause from her fans when she took to social media to call out her haters in the best way. Thorpe, who was featured in British Vogue's summer bikini roundup along with stars such as Kendall Jenner and Ashley Graham, shared the headline, writing: "To all the people who called me fat, ugly, and treated me like trash because of my weight growing up....Catch me on Vogue with your WCW." It was definitely an epic moment that proved that good things do happen to good people, and that all types of bodies should be celebrated.

Sadly, however, Thorpe was inundated with cruel and abusive comments after she posted her clapback. Additionally, Yahoo Beauty also received a barrage of negativity after they ran an interview with the blogger. But the mean comments haven't kept Thorpe down; in fact, she released a new YouTube video where she opened up about the insults — and what it's like to be a woman on the internet.

Thorpe began by explaining that she was really proud of her Vogue shoot, and that it meant a lot to her to be featured. "I still am really proud of it," she added. "But [then] I scrolled onto some really nasty comments about me that were just so awful that I couldn't even get them out of my mind after I read them. There were 900 comments, and pretty much all of them were vile."

She went on to point out that body shaming is a huge problem — but especially for larger-sized women. "It absolutely happens to everybody, but if you want to see some real vile shit, then take a look at how fat women are treated online," Thorpe urged. "And especially fat women of color."

So why doesn't she just brush off the haters and trolls and move on? Thorpe explains that viewing those negative comments as "trolls" is part of the problem. "It is absolutely insane to me that if we just call someone a troll and that makes it okay," she added. "But some of the stuff these people write is ... just violent, nasty shit that no one should ever see." And she has a point; while some people embrace the "shake it off" attitude, it's important to recognize that these comments do have an effect on people, and they can be detrimental to one's mental health.

But one thing is certain — Thorpe's presence on the internet is an important one, and we hope she keeps speaking out abut issues such as body shaming and cyber-bullying. Check out her video below, and let yourself be reminded that it's never okay to insult someone's appearance.